Example sentences of "and [was/were] [v-ing] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under their Chairman , Arthur Allen , the District 's committee raised a series of questions about the negotiated settlement and were unbending on the issue of retention of the District 's autonomy in all its affairs and highly critical of the failure to secure the appointment of Jacques as a joint |
| 2 | Headed by the USSR President and comprising as before the Presidents of the union republics , but with the addition of the USSR Vice-President and the Presidents of the 20 autonomous republics * ; upgraded from a consultative to an executive body , responsible for co-ordinating the work of the central and republican governments , ensuring observance of the Union Treaty , and resolving inter-ethnic and inter-republican disputes ; Council resolutions needed a two-thirds majority , and were binding on the President ( who had to enact them by decree ) and on all republics . |
| 3 | They had come off the M3 and were cruising on the dual carriageway A303 . |
| 4 | Sarajevo radio reported Serb forces had breached Gorazde 's defence lines in hand-to-hand fighting at the villages of Borovac and Gornja Glavica and were advancing on the town 's outskirts . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I told them that , ’ Francis Morgan said irritably and his wife and daughter caught each other 's eye in silent agreement that he had n't told them that Angela was refusing point-black to be married from home and was insisting on the full London set-out , reception at the House of Commons , replying unanswerably when he had objected on grounds of expense that she could well afford to pay for it herself . |
| 6 | As for the Tories , Heath had replaced Douglas-Home as leader in the party 's first leadership election in ‘ 65 , and was campaigning on the basis of EEC entry , Trade Union reform and reduction in direct taxation . |
| 7 | She was dead frightened and was pressing on the bell and everything , but nobody came that night . |
| 8 | He himself was thin and pale from illness , and was lying on the bed , wrapped in an old coat . |
| 9 | Balor had fallen headlong and was lying on the forest floor , one foot caught and held by the root of a huge old ash Tree that protruded from the ground . |
| 10 | We were both shocked to discover that he could neither ride nor walk , and was lying on the grass , waiting for us . |
| 11 | She had been partially knocked out during the fight and was lying on the ground . |
| 12 | A minute later he had wrenched open the door and was standing on the terrace . |
| 13 | He sprang out of the car and was banging on the front door . |
| 14 | By two o'clock , I had walked fifteen miles and was sitting on the wheelbarrow forking out the last sardine , when Mick and Paddy arrived . |
| 15 | I had dressed after my shower and was sitting on the steps of the shower room staring dully through the wire . |
| 16 | Hosanna had retired to the bathroom and was sitting on the windowsill , squat like a buddha , gazing out into the night . |
| 17 | He jumped down , and was sitting on the floor of the nave putting on his boots again when the Friar 's appointed monk tracked him down . |
| 18 | In the drawing room , Hannele had removed her raincoat and was sitting on the edge of a hard armchair . |
| 19 | A stronger possibility was that Lorton had left something which incriminated Dougal on or around the body , and was relying on the next passer-by to report the corpse to the police . |